In the crypts of the Dendera Temple, tourists and researchers examine the famous hieroglyphs that some claim depict ancient electric lightbulbs. But a deeper look reveals the symbols may represent ...

Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and suspect it may be of the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. The dig also ...

Two decades after construction began, the Grand Egyptian Museum, which houses more than 100,000 ancient treasures, will host ...

Visitors taking in the ancient pyramids ... Image A limestone statue of the pharaoh Djoser at the old Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square. (Djoser is famous for his step pyramid, considered the ...

With 120,000 artifacts, the Egyptian Museum is a must-visit place. It allows you to look back in history with the real ...

In 1885, German archaeologist Max Ohnefalsch-Richter located the Sanctuary of Apollo at Frangissa in a remote valley near the ...

The discovery has been described as a “geometric miracle” and could finally lead to some answers about one of Ancient Egypt’s biggest mysteries. The tunnel measures nearly 4,300 feet long and 6.6 feet ...

CAIRO, April 18 (Xinhua) -- An Egyptian ... also found statues depicting King Djoser, builder of the nearby Step Pyramid, alongside figures of his wife and ten daughters. Djoser, a famous pharaoh ...

Vast quantities of statue fragments were found at the Sanctuary of Apollon at Frangissa site in the area of Pera Orinis, ...

Vast quantities of statue fragments were found at the Sanctuary ... Ohnefalsch-Richter began excavations in a remote valley near ancient Tamassos in 1885, he found a richly furnished rural ...

As tourists continue to descend on Mykonos, few realise that there is a gorgeous island just a few miles away that receives ...

The ecumenical "donation" by the Vatican furthers a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of ...